“And why is it all men think everything a woman writes is trivial or trashy-or just plain silly drivel? Don't men have romantic notions? Don't men dream of finding the perfect love?” LoveWritingRomanceFictionRomanticFinding LoveRomantic Notions Book:Flowers in the Attic Source: Flowers in the Attic
“You were right the first time, Cathy. It was a stupid, silly story. Ridiculous! Only insane people would die for the sake of love. I'll bet you a hundred to one a woman wrote that junky romantic trash!" Just a minute ago I'd despised that author for bringing about such a miserable ending, then there I went, rushing to the defense. "T. M. Ellis could very well have been a man! Though I doubt any woman writer in the nineteenth century had much chance of being published, unless she used her initials, or a man's name. And why is it all men think everything a woman writes is trivial or trashy-or just plain silly drivel? Don't men have romantic notions? Don't men dream of finding the perfect love? And it seems to me, that Raymond was far more mushy-minded than Lily!” LoveDreamsRomanticPublishingInitialsNineteenth CenturySillinessWomen AuthorsUnhappy EndingsRomance Novels BooksDying For LoveRomantic Notions Book:Flowers in the Attic Source: Flowers in the Attic